Jason
Jason was born on July 29, 1976 in Atlanta, GA. After five years, his mother, Lisa, relocated to Savannah, GA, where Jason lived until he was 18.
In 1994, Jason moved to Ithaca, NY, where he attended Cornell University until 1998. In 1998, he moved to Evanston, IL for graduate school at Northwestern University. Upon completion of his master's degree in biomedical engineering, Jason moved to New York City, where he worked for a technology consulting company for three years.
Stephanie
Stephanie was born on November 18, 1977 in Long Beach, CA. She grew up, along with her sister Carrie, in the same house her father was born and raised.
In August of 1996, Stephanie moved to San Francisco to attend San Francisco State University, graduating in May of 2000 with a BS in social work. After graduation, Stephanie spent three months backpacking throughout Europe. She moved to New York City in 2000 to start graduate school in social work at Columbia University. She graduated from Columbia in 2001 and started her first job with a non-profit child welfare organization.
How They Met
Stephanie and Jason met on May 19th, 2001. It was a Saturday night, and Jason had just received a promotion at work. He spent the day getting a haircut and buying a new shirt and was looking to hit the town. He called a friend from Cornell and they made plans to go to a friend of a friend's going-away party at Bar Nine on the upper West side. As fate would have it, the friend of a friend was Stephanie's roommate Lexie.
Due to a case of mistaken identity, Stephanie ended up introducing herself to Jason with a slap on the leg. They exchanged a few words at the bar before Lexie invited everyone back to their apartment for pizza and beer. Jason and Stephanie spent more time together at the apartment, and he eventually worked up the courage to ask for her phone number.
From the first night until today the two have rarely spent time apart which included Stephanie joining Jason in England for four weeks in the Summer of 2001 and again in Germany in 2002.
The big co-habitation happened in March 2003 with the immediate adoption of their baby kitties, Paulie and Penny. Stephanie and Jason packed their bags again when they moved to their current home in San Diego, CA.
Jason proposed on Friday, September 2, 2005 at the San Diego Zoo four years and four months from the day they met (but nobody is counting, right?).
The big day is on September 9, 2006. Please visit our "Wedding Events" and "Travel" sections for details...